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No. 6l0,-364.

P. B. MYERS.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters .Patent No. 610,364, datedSeptember 6, 1898.

Application filed July 20, 1898. Serial No. 686,408. (No model.)

T0 at whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, PHINEAS B. MYERS, of New York city, (Brooklym)county of Kings, and State of New York, have invented new and usefulImprovements in Paper Boxes, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a paper box which is provided with a flangeprojecting beyond one or both of the heads of the box. The box is formedof a continuous blank of a length sufficient that at least three, but,if desired, all four, of the box sides will be doubled. The inner sides.of the doubled box will at the top and bottom form the closing flaps orheads, while the outer sides will form flanges that project beyond andprotect such heads.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a face View of a blank forforming a paper box having three doubled sides; Fig. 2, a perspectiveview of the box; Fig. 3, a longitudinal section thereof on line 3 3,Fig. 4; Fig. 4, a cross-section on line 4 4, Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a faceview of a blank for forming a box having all four sides doubled; .Fig.6, a perspective view of the box formed of this blank; Fig. 7 alongitudinal section thereof on line 7 7, Fig. 8; and Fig. 8 across-section on line 8 8, Fig. 7.

With particular reference to Figs. 1 to 4, the blank is divided by sixlongitudinal creases into seven sides A B C D a b c, of which the sidesa b c are slightly narrower than the sides A B C, respectively. When theblank is folded, these sides a b 0 will come to lie against the innerfaces of the sides A B C, so that they constitute the inner sides of thebox, while the sides A B O, in conjunction with the single side D, formthe outer sides. The inner sides are at the top and bottom provided withflaps, the drawings showing the sides ct 0 provided with upper flaps a cand lower flaps a 0 while the side I) is provided with a lower flap bsuch flaps forming the heads of the box. The outer sides are at theirends extended beyond the folding lines of the flaps of the inner sidesto form flanges projectingbeyond the box-heads. Thus the drawings showthe sides 0 D provided with the upper flanges O D, while the sides A B OD are provided with the lower flanges A B C D A lower tongue D may,furthermore, be formed on side D, which is adapted to engage a slit b offlap 19 So, also, an upper creased flap B may be formed on side B tofold over flaps a c and against inner face of side D.

However, either of these constructions may be duplicated for both theupper and lower ends of the box instead of using two differentconstructions. The blank is folded on the longitudinal creases and heldin shape by adhesive applied between some or all of its doubled sides.The upper and lower flaps of the opposing inner sides a c are thenturned down, and finally the flap B is turned over the flaps a c, andthe tongue D is introduced into slit 5 of flap N, which in turn isfolded over flaps a 0 when the box is closed.

It will be seen that in my improved box the two heads may be readilyopened or closed and that either one or both of such heads are protectedby a flange projecting beyond such heads. By this construction anybulging of the heads will not impair the appearance or stability of thebox, and at the same time the projecting flanges ofier an extensivefield for embellishment-that is to say, in shaping the flanges bydifierent dies a great variety of artistic patterns may be obtained,which will alter the appearance without in any wise interfering with theworking parts of the box.

' In Figs. 5 to 8 the principle of providing the inner sides with thefolding head-flaps and the outer sides with the projecting flanges ismaintained; but instead of doubling only three sides all four sides ofthe box are doubled. Thus the outer sidesE F GE are folded around thecorresponding inner sides 6 f g h. The outer sides have the top flangesE F G H and the bottom flanges E F G H The inner sides have the topflaps e f g h and the bottom flaps e f g h The upper flap e is providedwith a slit e adapted to be engaged by a tongue 9 of flap 9, while thelower flap e has a slit 6, adapted to be engaged by a tongue g of flap gflanges will of course project around all the four sides of the box,while with the construction illustrated in Figs. 1 to 4 the flanges willproject only around three of such sides," leaving one side flangeless.

In this modification the What I claim is flaps on some of the sides, andflanges pro- 1. A paper box having doubled sides, -f01djecting beyondsuch flaps on other sides, sub- 10 ing head-flaps formed at one or bothends of stantially as specified. the inner sides, and flanges projectingbeyond 5 such flaps and formed on one or both ends of PHINEAS MYERS theouter sides, substantially as specified. WVitnesses:

2. A paper box having three or more of its F. V. BRIESEN,

sides doubled, and having interlocking end 1 WILLIAM SCHULZ.

